Miller & Martin PLLC is pleased to announce that Edward M. Newsom has joined the firm as a Member in the Atlanta office where he will continue his practice in product liability and toxic torts.
Theodore K. Cheng Joins Fox Horan as Partner Practicing in Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Littler Mendelson Continues High-Profile Lateral Growth; JoAnna Brooks Joins in San Francisco
Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added JoAnna Brooks as a shareholder in the San Francisco office. Brooks, previously a partner and head of the Class Action Practice in Jackson Lewis LLP’s San Francisco office, brings extensive class action litigation experience to the firm. Her arrival reflects Littler’s continued attraction of high-profile lateral shareholders. In the past year, the firm has added a number of prominent attorneys to its shareholder ranks, across multiple practice areas and geographic regions to further expand the firm’s national and global platform.
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Kirkland & Ellis Advises the Elis Group on Its Offering of €450.0 Million High-Yield Senior Secured Notes, €380.0 Million Senior Subordinated Notes and €173.0 Million PIK Notes
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP represented Novalis S.A.S., an intermediate holding company of the Elis group, in its offering of €450.0 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2018. Kirkland also represented Holdelis S.A.S., the direct parent company of Novalis, in its private placement of €380.0 million in aggregate principal amount of senior subordinated notes due 2018 and Legendre Holding 27, the direct parent company of Holdelis, in its private placement of €173.0 million in aggregate principal amount of PIK notes due 2018. The transaction closed on June 14, 2013. The net proceeds of the offering will be used to refinance certain indebtedness.
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Hogan Lovells Boosts London Tax Team with Leading Tax Disputes Partner Hire
Hogan Lovells has hired leading tax disputes partner Rupert Shiers into its London tax team. Rupert will join the firm next week on Monday 24 June.
Tags: Hogan LovellsWill Pedranti Joins Hall Estill as a Shareholder
Hall Estill is pleased to announce that William N. Pedranti has joined the firm as a shareholder in the Tulsa office.
Bird & Bird Strengthens International Franchising Offering with the Appointment of Mark Abell
Bird & Bird today confirmed that leading global franchising specialist Mark Abell will join the firm as a partner in the newly created position of Head of Franchising, Licensing and Multi-Channel Strategies.
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Baker & McKenzie Advises MTN Nigeria on Record-Breaking US$3 Billion Loan
Leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie has advised West Africa’s leading cellular telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria, on its largest financing to date.
Tags: Baker McKenzieVLP Expands Its Commercial Lending Practice with Addition of Patrick Lawler and Jacob Dy-Johnson
VLP Law Group LLP is very pleased to announce that Patrick Lawler and Jacob Dy-Johnson have joined the firm’s Commercial Lending practice. Mr. Lawler joins VLP as a partner from the Corporate Finance group of the Los Angeles office of O’Melveny and Myers. Mr. Dy-Johnson joins VLP as counsel (he was previously in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati).
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Seyfarth Expands California Real Estate Team with San Francisco Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the addition of Real Estate partner James O’Brien to the firm’s San Francisco office, continuing the national Real Estate department’s steady growth as the fourth largest Real Estate practice in the United States. O’Brien joins Seyfarth from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, following the recent arrival of a group of six real estate attorneys in Seyfarth’s New York office.
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